This isn't the lowest price we've seen for the 12-month subscription, but at under £20 it's great value when you consider the service you get with Xbox Live Gold. For those that don't know, a Gold subscription allows you to play Xbox 360 and Xbox one games online, gives exclusive discounts and even some freebies with the Games with Gold promotion - the latest of which are Knight Squad for Xbox One, and Dungeon Siege 3 for Xbox 360. Thanks to cameronswift @ HUKD!

This isn't the lowest price we've seen for the 12-month subscription, but just over £20 is still great value when you consider the service you get with Xbox Live Gold. For those that don't know, a Gold subscription allows you to play Xbox 360 and Xbox one games online, gives exclusive discounts and even some freebies with the Games with Gold promotion - the latest of which are Pneuma: Breath of Life and Knight Squad for Xbox One, and Dirt 3 and Dungeon Siege 3 for Xbox 360. Thanks to BetterCallSalt @ HUKD!

Apparently, asking for just over £20 wasn't good enough a deal, so here's a sub-£20 offer for a year's worth of Xbox Live Gold. For those that don't know, a Gold subscription allows you to play Xbox 360 and Xbox one games online, gives exclusive discounts and even some freebies with the Games with Gold promotion - the latest of which are Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, How to Survive: Storm Warning, and Metro: Last Light. Cheers to Buzz for the heads-up!

This isn't the lowest price we've seen for the 12-month subscription, but just over £20 is still great value when you consider the service you get with Xbox Live Gold. For those that don't know, a Gold subscription allows you to play Xbox 360 and Xbox one games online, gives exclusive discounts and even some freebies with the Games with Gold promotion - the latest of which are Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, How to Survive: Storm Warning, and Metro: Last Light. Thanks to chriswvtr @ HUKD!

Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments is now just £10 via the Xbox Store for all current subscribers of Xbox Live Gold.

"Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments is a cracking adventure game, possibly the best Sherlock Holmes game that Frogwares have given us thus far, Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments goes a long way to making players feel like we are are Holmes rather than simply playing a game about him. There are little niggles here and there, but frankly if you enjoy your detective mystery games, it would be criminal to overlook one of the best we've had in ages." - Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments Review | Criminal Minds

Shopping around for an Xbox One? Well, we might have just the deal for you as Amazon are currently giving away the console with Titanfall packed in along with 12 months of Xbox LIVE Gold membership for £361.85. Titanfall is probably at its best on Xbox One (check out Jon's review here), designed as it is with the console's controller in mind, and you'll need that Gold subscription if you want to play online, or indeed do pretty much anything with your XO.

CDKeys are currently selling 12 months of Xbox LIVE Gold Membership for £22.99, but if you go over to their Facebook page and give them a "Like" you can get that price dropped even further down to £21.84.

The Xbox Live Gold fee is no longer mandatory to use services like Netflix or Hulu, but it will be needed for all online multiplayer and to carry on playing your Games with Gold titles since the promotion extended to the Xbox One. It's similar to PS Plus now in that regard, which could also the see the quality (and age) of the free games improve to be more in line with Sony's generous offerings. CD Keys latest offer is comfortably the best price to get yourself a year's membership today.

CDKeys are currently selling 12 months of Xbox LIVE Gold Membership for £24.19, but if you go over to their Facebook page and give them a "Like" you can get that price dropped even further down to £22.99. It's the lowest it's ever been, so be sure to get in there quick.

CDKeys are currently selling 12 months of Xbox LIVE Gold Membership for £24.90, but if you go over to their Facebook page and give them a "Like" you can get that price dropped even further down to £23.65, saving you a tenner on the standard price for such goodness.

'Games With Gold' Confirmed For Xbox One

'Games With Gold' is coming to Xbox One in 2014, Microsoft PR man Larry Hryb tweeted today, meaning that Xbox Live Gold members will be able to download a rotating selection of software for free. Though that's literally the only details we have and will have until next January at the earliest, this announcement is more important than you might think.

See, Microsoft are aware that the playing field is changing as the next console generation fast approaches, and that Xbox Live Gold has to evolve in order to compete with Sony's PlayStation Plus service. But can it evolve fast enough?

It's taken a while for the promised free games to start rolling in for Xbox Live Gold subscribers, but we're seeing mild improvement each month. From today until the 15th of September subscribers can pick up Magic 2013 (aka Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013). On the 16th until the end of the month Rainbow Six Vegas will be available as a free download too.

'Home Gold' Scheme Revealed

Microsoft has announced that every member of a household can access Xbox Live Gold benefits on Xbox One, so long as one Gold account is registered on the system. Better yet, you can take your Gold perks and even digitally-downloaded games to a friends' house and share it with them while you're logged in.

Following their announcement at E3 that Xbox LIVE Gold members would be privy to two free games going forward, Microsoft have revealed that freebies will be dished out on the 1st and 16th of every month between now and the end of the year.

Thirteen months of Xbox LIVE Gold Membership for £29? Yes please! Remember, if you click the 'Like' button near the top (or here), you'll be taken to CDKeys' Facebook page where you'll receive a 5% off voucher to drop the price by 5% (£27.54).

And you get a free hat for your avatar. Wooooo! I wish I could wear hats.

Please note, you're paying for a digital code, not a boxed card. We preach caution with sites like this, but we've never had any issue with CDKeys in the past, usually receiving codes within an hour (often immediately), and the buyer protection offered through Paypal is certainly welcome.

One of the things being hotly debated before today's reveal was whether or not Microsoft would be scrapping their yearly subscription service Xbox Live Gold for their next-gen console, especially given Sony and Nintendo's approach to free online multiplayer.

Well, the answer is "no". Xbox LIVE Gold will still exist on the Xbox One, and will apparently "carry over seamlessly" from Xbox 360, "becoming more valuable than ever," according to the freshly published Xbox One fact sheet.

We don't know exactly what that will entail, nor whether we'll see the price increase because of it, but we're fairly certain that we'll find out soon.

The listed price at the moment is £26.99 (which is still seriously awesome), but if you click the 'Like' button near the top (or here), you'll be taken to CDKeys' Facebook page where you'll receive a 5% off voucher (ours at the time of writing is CDK6767) to drop the price.

Please note, you're paying for a digital code, not a boxed card. We preach caution with sites like this, but we've never had any issue with CDKeys in the past, usually receiving codes within an hour (often immediately), and the buyer protection offered through Paypal is certainly welcome.